The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-03-16
FOR EMBEZZLEMENT.
A MAN CHARGED WITH A CRIME
Committed HAHN Generation ngo-rho worry
Strange Proceeding OF au island Mnn
Toward IN Old Employe-The Stotios
OF both Parties to the Annir.

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Pearl street, Hanover equare, Of that city,
importers Of winea, brandies and gins. ar.
rived In this city Monday morning On
business connected with his firm. Last
evening Mr.. Kitz was arrested by Consta.
Bile Dick Bird on a charge Of embpzzlinE
and appropfiating to his own use one hun.
dred and twenty-five dollars, the property
OF another. The charge was preferred
and the warrant for kitz's arrest sworn
out before Justice D. z. Phillips by Fsrdi.
maud Jenny, q cigarmaker living on tho
Island at the corner OF South Wabash and
Delaware streets, who claims to baye lost
through kitz the amount Of money stated.
be has retained the firm OF Dovener 4
Elson to prosecute the New Yorker.
This ENLIGHTENMENT is said to have taken
place eighteen years ago. At that time
Jenny lived in Parkeraburg and carried
on the business Of cigsrmaking there.
His story IL that kitz came to tho city a
| young German, and that he took him III
to his place and kept him until he WAS
| we'll acquainted with the details OF the
business, and that then he sent him out
on the road with a lot Of samples, and
bills against various customers to the
amount OF one hundred and twenty-five
dollars, that were to be collected. Jenny's
| claim Ia that kitz collected this money
and never accounted for 1t; that after he
started out on this drumming trip he
mover returned nor ever sent any account
back.
Mr.. Kitz's story OF the affair is quite diff.
ferent from Mr.. Jenny'a. Mr.. ki.z, by the
way, is quite well known here, although
no has not been here for nearly eighteen
years. He came here from Parke!sburg,
at that time, and engaged as barkeeper for
old Billy Warnafelt, who kept a saloon
under old Washington Hall, where the
PhUnix saloon Is now located. While
there he became acquainted with Prof.
Joe Kramer, Mr.. Hess, and several other
well.known parties who still reside here.
Mr.. kitz says that when ho struck Par
kersburg he became acquainted with
Jenny and arranged 10 *. into the cigar
business with him. Ho says he worked
there for about three months doing every.
thing from sweeping out to stripping to-
bacco, boarding in the mean time with
Mr.. Jenny's family. He finally started out
with some samples to see what he could
do in the way Of securing trade and came
to this city first. lie eaya that he also
took bills to the amount Of $40 or $50 to
collect for Jenny.
lie arrived here, but did not succeed in
doing much business and having had a
position offered him by Warnafelt accept
ed it, and w.ote 10 Jenny telling him what
he had done. In response to this Jenny
came here and called on kitz at the So.
loon. kitz asked him to take a drink and
he accepted the invitation, Kitz charging,
80 he says, the price Of the drinks to him.
self. He says that he offered to settie
| with Jenny, but tho latter would agree TO
nothing, and kitz says that during the
talk the samples which he still had, and
which belonged to Jenny, were taken by
Oscar Sandrock, who claimed to have an
unsettled account with Jenny. kitz says
that he had never had a settlement with
Jenny for the three months he had worked
for him, and he wanted that taken into &C.
count in the settlement that he wanted
Jenny to make at that time.
Jenny, so kitz says, not only refused to
enter into any settlement, but he went to
Warnafclt and warned him that Kilz
would break him up, as he was CIV
ing away drinks. Warnafelt went to Kitz
with this story, and kitz says he showed
him the books where he had charged him.
self with the drinks no and Jenny had
had, but this did not satisfy Warnafelt,
and he WIS discharged. He then went to
Pittsburgh and from there to Philadel-
phia, and finally landed in New York,
where be has since remained, except when
travelling Tor his firm. This is tho fret
visit he hos paid Wheeling since he left
here.
Justice Phillips postponed the hearing
Of the case till to-day. Mr.. kitz not de-.
string to spend the night in jail, obtained
the consent Of the counsel OF the other
side to his remaining out under charge Of
Constable Bird. He was at tho Opera
House last evening in charge OF that off.
Ger. In appearance no is quite distin-
guished looking; he dresses well and
wears a heavy mouetache and imperial.
While naturally feeling considerably en-
barrassed under tho circumstances, he
conversed very pleasantly. He says that
he shall file q counter claim against
Jenny for services rendered, and antici-
pates nc difficulty in clearing himself OF
the charge now lodged sgainst him.